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Volume 103, No. 139

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Jones, Bjork recognized for UM Parking decals diversity efforts by NCAA available Friday DYLAN LEWIS

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Former chancellor Dan Jones and Athletic Director Ross Bjork present the dedication plaque for Chucky Mullins drive last year.

DM STAFF REPORT UM Athletics Director Ross Bjork and former chancellor Dan Jones are being honored by the NCAA for their work promoting a climate of inclusion on campus.

Jones and Bjork are the first recipients of the national Champions of Diversity and Inclusion recognition, which recognizes people who support the interests of ethnic

minorities and other underrepresented populations. They were praised for their efforts to modernize and add historical context to cultural symbols on the UM campus.

Last year, Jones released an action plan to create a vice chancellor-level position for diversity and inclusion and rename Confederate Drive.

“It’s a special honor to be the very first university recognized for this new NCAA award, and

it’s especially meaningful to be recognized along with Ross Bjork,” Jones said Wednesday.

“While Ross and I were noted in the NCAA announcement, I’m grateful to the many senior leaders at Ole Miss who are committed to diversity and fairness and work very hard to demonstrate leadership in this important work.”

The committee recognized Bjork for his support during these initiatives from an ath-

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Parking registration for The University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students begins Friday for the 2015-2016 academic year.

To avoid the Internet troubles from last year, parking services have set aside certain dates for individuals purchasing decals, rather than allowing everyone to purchase decals at one time.

Mike Harris, director of parking & transportation, said doing so should eliminate the troubles from last year.

“We had to do something to break it up, so that we only had little fixes along the way instead of everyone all at once,” Harris said.

Each time slot is determined by academic standing and will open at 8 a.m. each day. Commuting seniors’ or graduate students’ decals can be purchased beginning July 10. Juniors can purchase decals on July 13, sophomores on July 14 and freshman on July 15.

For students living on campus, Residential West residents can purchase decals on July 16, Residential Central decals will become available on July 17, Residential

East on July 20th and Campus Walk and Residential South (formally known as fraternity parking) on July 21. Faculty and staff passes will open on July 22.

The first step for online registration will begin on olemiss.edu/ parking. Individuals will click on the MyParkingAccount link and login with their Ole Miss web ID and password. Then, click to purchase permits and the eligible permits will appear. Lastly, individuals will register a new vehicle or continue with the one already in the system, pay for the decal and print off a temporary pass to use until the original is received in the mail.

Anna Lauren Inman, University of Mississippi senior, said that she likes the new time slot schedule and she would like to see more on-campus buses to transport students parked on the edge of campus.

“I agree with the seniority idea, but of course I am a senior,” Inman said. “I think adding more on campus buses will solve a lot of congestion and disagreement on how ‘fair’ the scheduling system is.”

Harris said a new bus route will open on August 23 called the

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Oxford police to enforce new texting and driving law LOGAN KIRKLAND dmeditor@gmail.com

Ever since the state passed a new law against texting and driving last week, the Oxford Police Department will continue to enforce their practice of giving citations to distracted drivers.

Deputy Chief of Police James Owens of OPD said officers have always taken a proactive stance, long before the texting and driving law was in place.

“We were always looking for distracted drivers, and we will continue to look for distracted driving,” Owens said.

The new texting and driving law is a civil penalty, which means the Oxford police department can still write a citation but must go to the justice court to get a citation from the county to make that charge, according

to Owens.

Owens said the department will be using what the department calls distracted driving, which falls right underneath Oxford’s careless driving law. Officers can articulate the fact that an individual was texting and driving, and that the driver’s erratic driving behavior was due to their texting, which contributed to their careless driving, according to Owens.

“An officer can prove it by visually observing an individual with a handheld device,” Owens said. “and you are using it in someway and the officer can articulate that in his report, it is probable cause for that officer to make a stop.”

Owens said when an officer gets behind a vehicle and the driver is texting it resembles

someone who is under the influence of an intoxicating beverage or under the influence of some type of substance.

Owens said officers notice this when a driver is going under the speed limit, stopping irregularly or suddenly and veering from one side of the lane to another.

“The driving behavior is almost the same,” Owens said.

“Texting and driving and driving under the influence mimic each other.”

Owens said that the texting and driving citation costs $25 and after a year the citation will move to $100.

The department is going to use careless driving as a premise for a stop, which is a significantly larger fine, but are going to include in that careless driving that this individual was tex-

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A law against texting and driving is being enforced by the Oxford police department.

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Oxford in the Summer Before this year, I had never spent a summer anywhere else but home, for the most part.

I would vacation a few times throughout the break, but mostly just rest from the long school year that was now behind me.

However, this summer, I signed up for classes at Ole Miss. I was really excited to get back to college only a few weeks after I went home for the summer, but, when I got back, things were very different.

There are still plenty of people around, which differentiates it from how high schools usually are in the off-months, but it still wasn’t the same. I’ve always loved Ole Miss, because there really is nothing like it anywhere else.

The campus appeal, the atmosphere in the Grove on a game day, and having so many friends in one place are what drew me here in the first place, but I have come to the realiza-

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tion that most of what I enjoy about the University of Mississippi is absent during the months of summer.

Surprisingly, there are still plenty of people here working, taking classes, going to orientation and doing all sorts of other things, but that’s about it.

For starters, everything you’ve heard about the most beautiful campus in the country isn’t exactly true. The grove and its splendor are still there, but it’s empty.

In addition, there is so much construction going on around campus that it drowns out a lot of the positive, visual attributes on which Ole Miss usually thrives.

It seems like I can’t walk to class without hearing grinding and cutting, or choking on the clouds of dust being kicked up by the many varieties of heavy machinery present.

I guess summer is the best

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time for construction, but there is quite a bit more than you would expect and a shortage of solutions to the disturbances it causes.

Aside from the construction issue, the lack of things to do is equally unbearable. There aren’t student worship services to attend, sporting events to watch, or much else that the University normally offers as a form of entertainment.

The sharp decrease in student enrollment assuredly accounts for this, but maybe Ole Miss could work toward providing more summer programs that work toward uniting the smaller student population present in summertime. One suggestion to help with this would be to instate a smaller summer intramural league; it would keep people active and busy when they would otherwise be doing little to nothing.

Lastly, since many people’s

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friends are gone for the summer, there are fewer people with whom to do things.

The masses of bodies that normally walk around together are now replaced by individuals, couples, and the occasional trio, which detracts from the happy atmosphere Ole Miss normally has to offer.

Anything the school could do to help students to make new friends would go a long way as well.

The summer is simply too nice to waste, so we should help Ole Miss to be more enjoyable and to live up to its potential more in the months of June and July.

Mark Sandefur is a junior chemical engineering and public policy major from Madison, Mississippi.

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ting and driving and incorporate those two laws, according to Owens.

Owens said the law specifies that a driver is not allowed to text at a stoplight, stop sign and even in traffic. He said this law does not prohibit talking on the phone while driving.

“My advice is to go hands free,” Owens said.

Even though many students use electronic devices while driving, many feel that having this in place will help reduce the carless and reckless driving.

“Texting and driving is a completely unnecessary risk. It causes so many accidents,” senior English major, Sinclair Rishel, said.

Owens said, in order to respect the rights of all the other motorists on the road, take it upon yourself to be responsible and not text and drive.

Texting and driving in the past has attributed to a lot of unnecessary loss of life and by taking it upon yourself you can not only reduce the risk of you being injured in an accident, but others as well, according to Owens.

“Nothing is that important that you have to respond that quick. It can wait,” Owens said.

letics perspective, including naming a space in an athletics facility after the first two black football players at the University of Mississippi.

The award was created by the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee, which is made up of athletics directors, faculty, college athletes and others affiliated with the NCAA. China Jude, chair of the committee and athletics director at Queens College in New York, said in a press release that the committee seeks “athletics administrators of influence, who have provided significant support to underrepresented populations,” including ethnic minorities, the disabled, and the LGBTQ community.

“We believe that it is important to identify individuals who are making sincere efforts to support underrepresented populations,” Franklin and Jude said in a letter to its first honorees. “Your stance … speaks volumes to the current social climate in which we live.

We understand that your process will be long and challenging; however, it is necessary as this country grows more ethnically diverse.”

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continued from page 1 Silver Route. The route will run between campus and the new Residential Park-N-Ride lot, located at the old Whirlpool plant.

The Silver Route will run on Monday-Friday from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. and have on-call hours on Sunday-Thursday from 7 p.m.- 7a.m.

“This shuttle will run about every 20 minutes,” Harris said. “We have transportation in the day, on-call service at night, a secure place to park your vehicle so it’s a nice place to park your car.”

The parking garage will also be available for student use. Students will put their phone numbers into the machine at the entrance while a camera reads the car’s license plate, and then proceed into the garage. Once students are ready to leave, they will re-enter the same phone number and pay for the time parked in the garage. Payments are only accept-

ed from Visa or MasterCard.

Parking services are introducing new resources to faculty, staff and students to help make their parking experience better.

Last year, parking services launched the Parker app that allowed students to view if the campus parking lots were at full capacity and locate their car once they were ready to leave campus.

Harris said that the Parker app is going be even better this year.

“We have added more cameras, and seeing better, visually where those open spaces are,” Harris said. “We hope that people will take advantage of that and go to those open spaces.”

At the end of this month, parking services will launch a new app called Passport that will allow people to pay for meters by using their phone.

“You should never get a ticket for being over time parking anymore,” Harris said. “ It will send you a text 15 minutes before your time expires and you can automatically add more money.”

Hannah Trent, an incoming student, said that the apps are going to be beneficial to current students and herself.

“I am definitely going to use the apps,” Trent said. “ If I am ever in a hurry and need to know where to park, I can simply check my phone.”

Decals are $150 for commuters, $200 for residential students, $75 for park and ride students, $100 for residential park and ride and $160 for faculty and staff.

Harris’s advice for students and those parking on campus is to be patient and to allow yourself time.

“We don’t live in a world where you can drive up and within 10 minutes, park and get to class,” Harris said. “You have to think of traffic and know your route that you are going to go every day, and have backup plans.”

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“The Book of Speculation”

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Whenever I pass a circus on the highway, no matter how busy I am or where I am headed, I am drawn by the lights, the spinning of the Tilt-a-Whirl and the freshly-fried funnel cake smell. Similarly, it would seem that currently there is some popular literary infatuation with circuses—think “Water for Elephants” and “Night Circus.” It would seem difficult for the lures of a carnival to translate well to paper, as they engage our senses in so many ways, but somehow these authors have managed to bring this allure to their pages, drawing readers like circus goers, moths to a flame.

In this vein comes Erika Swyler’s debut novel “The Book of Speculation,” which revolves around Simon Watson, a young librarian living on the Long Island Sound. Simon’s parents are dead, his sister Enola has joined a traveling circus, and the house they all used to live in as a family, the house he still lives in every day, is quickly crumbling, being reclaimed by the Sound.

Watson’s narrative is inter-

laced with the story of a traveling carnival in the 1700s. When Watson receives a strange, old book on his doorstep, these two narratives begin to intersect.

Throughout the book, which is actually the carnival’s log, Watson discovers that members of this old, traveling circus are somehow linked to him. He quickly uncovers that women related to him, including his mother, have a strange penchant for drowning on the date of July 24. With this day looming, Enola arrives on Simon’s doorstep, leading Simon on a race for answers from this titular book.

For a debut novel, this book contains beautiful imagery, including many fitting descriptions of the ever-alluring traveling circus and the Long Island Sound, picturesque settings that make it easy to immerse yourself in the book. Other than this, Swyler’s writing leans toward a more simplistic, plot-centered narrative style.

This tempts me to place “The Book of Speculation” firmly in the “Beach Read” category, except that all of the horrific drowning incidents in the novel could easily spoil a mid-reading swim in the ocean.

Swyler’s prose, though simple as aforementioned, is effective in telling her story and does occasionally lend itself to some lovely descriptions. In places, all of the mystery in the novel demanded more complex and interesting explanations than the fairly flat ones often given.

Simon and Enola, the central characters, feel mostly flat in the novel; though they are interesting in concept—a smalltown millennial librarian and a tarot card reader in a traveling circus—their actions are almost completely predictable. The overall arc of the story could also have been richer. I felt, as the book was nearing its end, that such a complex, mysterious and magical set of circumstances should’ve necessitated a similarly enchanting resolution. Instead, I felt robbed at the end of the novel, like something was missing. Just barely, the story falls short.

For anyone who is fascinated by circuses and enjoys a breezy read with a bit of magical realism, “the Book of Speculation” may be worth picking up. If not, this is probably not one to add to any “must read” list.

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Although Oxford seems like a small speck compared to the urban capitals of the fashion industry, there are some students, like one inspiring University of Mississippi alumna, who graduate and prosper in the big city.

Meghan Blalock, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, has done just that. Currently managing editor of the fashion blog Who What Wear, Blalock started out by utilizing on-campus opportunities.

During her years at Ole Miss, Blalock started her collegiate career writing for The Daily Mississippian. She began writing her freshman year and later became an opinion editor. Eventually, she graduated to managing editor. Her senior year, she began writing a “Hotty Toddy Fashion Column,” which would prove to be a pivotal move for her future.

“I always grew up knowing I was going to be a writer, but I never really knew it would be about fashion,” Blalock said. “I always loved looking at fashion, but my first passion was writing.”

The “Hotty Toddy Fashion Column” took a humorous look at Ole Miss dress and game day attire by critiquing Oxford’s fash-

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Appropriately, the column would run every Monday after a game day weekend.

“I found it interesting that in the South there were not a lot of progressive attitudes (towards fashion),” Blalock said.

After graduating, Blalock made the jump to New York City. She worked in fact checking for three years.

One day, she made the significant deCOURTESY: cision to go Meghan Blalock poses for a photo. back to writing As expected, the transition about a familiar subject: fashfrom Oxford to The Big Apple ion. Blalock started freelancing was not without challenges. for various fashion websites to Blalock, however, was adamant build up her portfolio. She took about pulling it off. a summer fashion journalism “The South is a very chill place. job and later saw an opening for Everyone is really friendly. New a temporary position at InStyle York City is the opposite.

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pace,” Blalock said. “Before New York City, I had never lived in a place where you use the subway to get everywhere.”

Through a chance conversation with her Los Angeles-based boyfriend, she talked about possibly moving positions to there to settle down. As luck would have it, opportunity came knocking shortly after.

“I got a message from the founder of Who What Wear,” Blalock said. “She told me that if I was interested, they would MEGHAN BLALOCK fly me out for an interview.”

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After climbing up the ladder in what is considered one of the harder industries, Blalock has words of wisdom for those interested in pursuing a career in fashion.

“I would say that reaching out to people you admire is one of the best things you can do,” Blalock said. “When I was looking for an internship, I bought a stack of magazines and found email addresses, and I just emailed people— anyone who was in the fashion department.”

A crucial factor for succeeding in this industry also lies in being determined. Most of what happens in the fashion world happens in a big city. Learning to thrive there is imperative.

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SEC Media Days: what to expect

The sports editor for The Daily Mississippian explains everything you need to know about the SEC Media Days, along with his own predictions. SEC Media Days begins Monday, July 13.

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Who’s speaking: Head coach Derrick Mason, sophomore running back Ralph Webb, sophomore linebacker Nigel Bowden and senior center Spencer Pulley.

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Who’s speaking: Head coach Gus Malzahn, junior quarterback Jeremy Johnson, senior defensive back Jonathan Jones, and senior linebacker Kris Frost.

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Who’s speaking: Head coach Dan Mullen, senior quarterback Dak Prescott, senior defensive back Taveze Calhoun and senior defensive back Ryan Brown.

Prediction: Plenty of talk about Prescott, how to replace running back Josh Robinson and several starters on the offensive line, and how to improve the defensive secondary.

Who’s speaking: Head coach Kevin Sumlin, senior center Mike Matthews, junior offensive tackle Germain Ifedi and senior defensive lineman Julien Obioha.

Prediction: Expect a lot of questions about new defensive coordinator John Chavis and how he plans to change a defense that was one of the worst in the SEC last season.

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Who’s speaking: Head coach Butch Jones, junior quarterback Joshua Dobbs, senior linebacker Curt Maggitt, and junior defensive back Cameron Sutton.

Prediction: The growth of Dobbs, Sutton and running back Jalen Hurd should be a hot topic for the press conference, as well as some changes to the defense.

Who’s speaking: Head coach Nick Saban, senior linebacker Reggie Ragland, senior running back Kenyan Drake, and senior offensive lineman Ryan Kelly.

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Who’s speaking: Head coach Mark Stoops, senior defensive tackle Melvin Lewis, senior offensive tackle Jordan Swindle and senior safety A.J. Stamps.

Prediction: Kentucky hired Shannon Dawson as the new offensive coordinator for the program, so expect plenty of questions about that and junior quarterback Patrick Towles.

Who’s speaking: Head coach Gary Pinkel, senior defensive back Kenya Dennis, junior quarterback Maty Mauk and senior center Evan Boehm.

Prediction: Mizzou will have a new defensive coordinator in Barry Odom this season, which should generate plenty of discussion, and there should be some questions about a receiving core that’s looking thin for the upcoming season.

Who’s speaking: Head coach Bret Bielema, senior running back Jonathan Williams, senior quarterback Brandon Allen and senior receiver Keon Hatcher.

Prediction: Arkansas also had a coordinator change, with Dan Enos taking over the offense, which should lead to some questions about his affect on the offense, in addition to some questions about the Razorbacks stellar run game as well.

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Who’s speaking: Head coach Mark Richt senior receiver Malcolm Mitchell, senior offensive tackle John Theus and senior linebacker Jordan Jenkins.

Prediction: Georgia is in the middle of a quarterback competition, so many questions are expected to revolve around that and possibly about running back Nick Chubb’s potential Heisman candidacy.

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Who’s speaking: Head coach Hugh Freeze junior tight end Evan Engram, senior safety Mike Hilton and senior linebacker C.J. Johnson.

Predicition: The two biggest stories will be on the quarterback race and offensive lineman Laremy Tunsil, who is currently undergoing an NCAA investigation, with some questions about Hilton and Johnson’s position changes as well.

Who’s speaking: Head coach Les Miles, sophomore running back Leonard Fournette, senior offensive tackle Vadal Alexander and junior linebacker Kendell Beckwith.

Prediction: LSU lost defensive coordinator John Chavis to Texas A&M and hired Kevin Steele as his replacement, which should be a big topic in the press conference, along with the recent legal troubles of some LSU players and the competition at quarterback.

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Position preview: defensive backs

CODY THOMASON

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After losing two All-Americans to the NFL in Senquez Golson and Cody Prewitt, you’d expect the Ole Miss secondary to take a big step back and need a year or two to recover. But after some strong recruiting and player development, the Rebels secondary looks like it could once again be the strong spot of one of the nation’s top defenses.

The cornerback position will certainly miss Golson, who was second in the nation with 10 interceptions last season, also making 43 tackles and eight pass deflections. But the Rebels return sophomore Kendarius Webster, who started two games and had 22 tackles and two pass breakups his freshman year. Ole Miss also has junior college transfers Tee Sheppard and Tony Bridges joining the rotation, who were both ranked as the top junior college cornerback by at least one major recruiting site in their respective years.

Sheppard joined the team in 2014, but had to sit out the season with a toe injury and will be seeing his first in-game action this fall. Meanwhile, Bridges joined the team in time for spring practice this year, so both players, juniors, will be prepared to make an instant impact this fall as the starting duo at corner. Bridges is listed at

6 feet tall and Sheppard is listed 6’1”, which makes for outstanding height and length at the cornerback position.

Couple this with their athleticism, and Bridges and Sheppard should be key in covering the big, athletic wide receivers in the SEC. This attribute should allow the Rebels to improve on jump balls and lessen the height advantage wide receivers typically have over defensive backs.

What makes the cornerback position even stronger is the depth behind Sheppard and Bridges. Webster already has starting experience and great size for the position, standing at 5’11”. Joining him will be junior Kailo Moore, who is one of the fastest players on the team and also runs track for the Rebels.

It was unclear what position he would play when he first got to campus, but he made the permanent switch to cornerback last year, and now with some experience he should be poised to take on a bigger role this season.

Moore was a special teams standout and saw some time at cornerback last season, but should see a big uptick in minutes this season. This depth will allow the Rebels to rotate their cornerbacks and keep them fresh without having to worry about teams taking advantage of their backups.

The safety position has some changes coming as well. Throughout

his career at Ole Miss, senior Mike Hilton did whatever was necessary to help out the Rebels secondary. Hilton played husky his first season, moved to cornerback, and now, after spending some time there last season, is the starting free safety.

Hilton led the team in tackles last season with 71, and added three interceptions and seven pass breakups. He should move into the safety role comfortably. At the rover safety position, Trae Elston will return as the starter after having the job each of his three previous seasons, giving the Rebels a steady player in run support.

Senior Chief Brown and sophomore C.J. Hampton should be the primary backups at safety and see plenty of time in the rotation, with Brown back from an Achilles injury that sidelined him for most of 2014 and Hampton having the experience to make an impact after a solid freshman season.

Meanwhile, the husky position, which is a hybrid safety/linebacker position in Ole Miss’ 4-2-5 defense, will be manned by junior Tony Conner for the third year in a row. Conner was second on the team in tackles with 69, along with nine tackles for loss and an interception. A number of young players could see time as his backup and as a backup safety, including C.J. and A.J. Moore and D.K. Trae Elston defends an opponent in a game last season.

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